Jihadists Extend Control Into Lebanese City

Islamic State Seizes Territory in Lebanon

A jihadist group that has already seized control of large swaths of Syria and Iraq extended its territorial claims into Lebanon on Sunday, taking over a small city there after overrunning police posts and a military barracks.

Fighters from the extremist group, which calls itself the Islamic State, streamed across the border from Syria in what Lebanon's defense minister called a premeditated attack after one of its commanders was arrested by Lebanese security forces on Saturday near the city of Arsal.